The Sanskrit term Kiraḷa can be transliterated into English as Kirala or Kiralia, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Kirala in India is the name of a plant defined with Arisaema jacquemontii in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Arisaema cylindraceum Wall. ex Engl. (among others).

2) Kirala is also identified with Cassia fistula It has the synonym Cathartocarpus fistuloides G. Don (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden (1982)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1993)
· Flora of Tropical Africa (1871)
· Flora of West Pakistan (1973)
· Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen unter der Augsicht der Königl…. (1821)
· Flora (1831)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kirala, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, health benefits, diet and recipes, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kiraḷa (किरळ).—n An insect bred in the stem of young jōndhaḷā, fatal to cattle swallowing it: also the cattle disease arising. v lāga. 2 n m Sprouts remaining of a reaped field, esp. of jōndhaḷā or bājarī. Applied by some to Grass, esp. haraḷī, just shooting up, and to tender shooting gen. 3 n m The granulations of a healing wound. v bāndha, yē, dhara, phuṭa. 4 n The fruit of nēpatī (Capparis aphylla), and f The tree.

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kirāḷa (किराळ).—n m See kiraḷa in the three first senses.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Kīrala (कीरल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kīrala.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kīrala (कीरल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kīrala.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Kiralagala, Kiralanem, Kiralape.

Ends with: Kinkirala, Kola Kirala, Kovalakirala, Patakirala.

Full-text: Kovalakirala, Shala.

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